Ned Lamont

Edward Miner Ned Lamont, Jr. is an American businessman and politician. In 2006 he defeated the prominent incumbent Senator, Joe Lieberman, for Connecticuts Senatorial Democratic nomination , who instead opted to run as a candidate under his Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Lamont finished second withpercent, compared to Liebermans 49 percent and Republican Alan Schlesingerspercent. In 2010 he ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Connecticut, but lost to Dan Malloy, the eventual winner of the election.

Lamont was born on January 3, 1954, in Washington, D.C. to Camille Helene and Edward Miner Lamont, and is the greatgrandson of former J. P. Morgan amp Co. chairman Thomas W. Lamont. His mother was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to American parents. His father, an economist, worked on the Marshall Plan and later served in Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Nixon administration. Lamont attended Phillips Exeter Academy, where he served as president of the student newspaper, The Exonian. After graduating Phillips Exeter in 1972, Lamont earned an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1976 and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management in 1980.

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